New Delhi, Oct 1 (UNI) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday commended the Defence Accounts Department (DAD) for focusing on technology adoption and urged the department to prepare a roadmap to make it a ‘Centre of Excellence’ in the field of defence finance and economics. Speaking at the 277th Annual Day celebrations of Defence Accounts…
New Delhi, Oct 1 (UNI) Delhi Environment Minister and senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Gopal Rai on Tuesday alleged that Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena abruptly called off the national capital government’s tree plantation drive, ‘Harit Kalash Yatra’, despite prior approval. Addressing the media, Rai said, “The way the Lieutenant Governor (LG) issued a…
New Delhi, Sep 30 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its order on a batch of petitions seeking directions to the Centre and state government to refrain from bulldozing shops and homes of people accused in criminal proceedings as an extra-legal punitive measure, a practice popularly known as “bulldozer justice”. A bench comprising Justice…
New Delhi, Oct 1 (UNI) To mark the 92nd anniversary of the Indian Air Force (IAF), Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday gave a warm send-off to ‘Vayu Veer Vijeta’ car rally from the National War Memorial here. Over 50 air warriors, including women, left for Thoise in Ladakh, from where they will undertake an…
Kanpur, Oct 1 (UNI) India cruised to a convincing 7-wicket victory over Bangladesh, sealing the two-match Test series 2-0 at Green Park Stadium here on Tuesday. Despite nearly three days being lost to relentless rain, the hosts, under the leadership of Rohit Sharma, made light work of chasing a 95-run target on the final day,…
Srinagar/Baramulla/Jammu, Oct 1 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir voters cast their ballot enthusiastically amid tight security on Tuesday as the first six hours of polling in the third and last phase of assembly elections recorded a turnout of 44.08 percent till 1 pm in 40 assembly constituencies spread across seven districts, election officials said. J&K is…
New Delhi, Oct 1 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that ties between India and Jamaica are marked by the four Cs of Culture, Cricket, Commonwealth and Caricom, even as he stated that during the bilateral talks with visiting Jamaican PM Andrew Holness the two sides agreed to further strengthen all aspects of the…
Dubai, Oct 1 (UNI) Australia all-rounder Georgia Wareham is the big improver on the latest ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings just days out from the start of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. Wareham makes large gains in all three rankings categories on the back of her dominant performance in the final game of Australia’s…
Kolkata, Oct 01 (UNI) Air India Group has completed the operational integration and legal merger of Air India Express Ltd and AIX Connect Pvt Ltd (erstwhile AirAsia India) into a larger Low-Cost Carrier. The formation of the merged entity, which will operate under the ‘Air India Express’ name and a unified airline code IX, marks…
Chronicle Reporter, Bhopal The Navratri that comes before Diwali is called Sharadiya Navratri. This year it will start from 3 October and will go on till 12 October. In these 9 holy days, special worship, fasting, rituals and Kanya Bhojan of 9 forms of Maa Durga are done. At the same time, the idol of…
